Anton Boisen - Madness, Mysticism, and the Origins of Clinical Pastoral Education

In this book, Sean J. LaBat provides a critical re-assessment of Anton Boisen's life and work. He demonstrates how the founder of clinical pastoral education and institutional chaplaincy suffered from mental illness, yet was also a visionary who pioneered patient-centered care and reconciled science and religion in his work as a chaplain.

Table des matières

Chapter 1: Visit to a Little-Known Country
Chapter 2: Searching for Meaning in the Madness
Chapter 3: How Boisen Interpreted His Experience and Illness
Chapter 4: My Friends are Coming to Help Me
Chapter 5: Boisen's Productive "Retirement"
Chapter 6: The Scientific Seer

A propos de l'auteur

By Sean J. LaBat

Résumé

In this book, Sean J. LaBat provides a critical re-assessment of Anton Boisen's life and work. He demonstrates how the founder of clinical pastoral education and institutional chaplaincy suffered from mental illness, yet was also a visionary who pioneered patient-centered care and reconciled science and religion in his work as a chaplain.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sean J Labat, Sean J. Labat
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.09.2022
• EAN: 9781978711570
• ISBN: 978-1-978711-57-0
• Pages: 190
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; RELIGION / Ethics, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, Christianity, History of Religion, Religious ethics, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity